Reign of X is the final part of Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men which began with House of X/Powers of X and the main continuity Dawn of X. In Reign of X the mutants are firmly in Krakoa but everything is not all as it seems. Power struggles, new relationships and fractures from their old lives are front and centre again.
The quality of Reign of X is just as good as Dawn and House/Powers. The mainline issues with Hickman keep his tone and the tie ins do pad out and compliment Hickman’s vision, however the majority of issues aren’t by Hickman. There’s a King in Black crossover, too.
Collecting and reading Reign of X in order is not too tricky, with good trades available.The issue by issue reading order is also fairly straightforward. Let’s get to it.
What does Reign of X consist of
Contents
Reign of X is a storyline which encompasses the below series
- X-Men, by Jonathan Hickman
- S.W.O.R.D. Al Ewing
- X-Force and Wolverine by Benjamin Percy
- Marauders and Cable, X-Men by Gerry Duggan
- Hellions by Zeb Wells
- X-Factor by Leah Williams
- Excalibur by Tini Howard
- New Mutants and Children of the Atom by Vita Ayala
Reign of X Trade Reading Order
Marvel have already bound and collected Reign of X in a neat collection, but each book is rather short so it’s quite expensive until the release an omnibus.
79 issues in total with all the trades collecting the vast majority of them. Enjoy!
Reign of X, volume 1
Collecting S.W.O.R.D. #1, X-Men #16, X-Factor #5 and Hellions #7-#8.
- Ewing, Al (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 152 Pages - 06/29/2021 (Publication Date) - Marvel Universe (Publisher)
Reign of X, volume 2
Collecting: New Mutants #14, Marauders #16, Excalibur #16, X-Force #15-#16 and X-Men #17.
- Ayala, Vita (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 160 Pages - 07/27/2021 (Publication Date) - Marvel Universe (Publisher)
Reign of X, volume 3
Collecting: Marauders #17, New Mutants #15, Cable #7 and Wolverine #8-#9.
- Duggan, Gerry (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 144 Pages - 08/17/2021 (Publication Date) - Marvel Universe (Publisher)
Reign of X, volume 4
Collecting: Wolverine #10, Excalibur #17, X-Factor #6, Cable #8, Children of the Atom #1.
- Percy, Benjamin (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 152 Pages - 09/28/2021 (Publication Date) - Marvel Universe (Publisher)
Reign of X, volume 5
Collecting: Excalibur #18-#19, S.W.O.R.D. #2-#3, King in Black: Marauders #1.
- Howard, Tini (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 152 Pages - 11/09/2021 (Publication Date) - Marvel Universe (Publisher)
Reign of X, volume 6.
Collecting: S.W.O.R.D. #4, X-Men #18-#19, Marauders #18-#19, X-Force #17.
- Ewing, Al (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 160 Pages - 11/23/2021 (Publication Date) - Marvel Universe (Publisher)
Reign of X, volume 7
X-Force #18-#19, Children of the Atom #2, New Mutants #16-#17, Cable #9.
- Percy, Benjamin (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 160 Pages - 12/14/2021 (Publication Date) - Marvel Universe (Publisher)
Reign of X, Volume 8
Collecting Cable #10, Children of the Atom #3, Excalibur #20, X-Men #20, Hellions #9-#10.
Reign of X, Volume 9
Collecting Hellions #11, Wolverine #11-#12, New Mutants #18, S.W.O.R.D. #5, X-Factor #7.
- Wells, Zeb (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 160 Pages - 02/22/2022 (Publication Date) - Marvel Universe (Publisher)
Reign of X, Volume 10
Collecting X-Factor #8-#9, X-Corp #1, Marauders #20, Way of X #1.
- Williams, Leah (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 168 Pages - 03/15/2022 (Publication Date) - Marvel Universe (Publisher)
Reign of X, Volume 11
Collecting Way of X #2, Cable #11-#12, Children of the Atom #4-#5.
- Spurrier, Si (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 136 Pages - 04/19/2022 (Publication Date) - Marvel Universe (Publisher)
Reign of X, Volume 12
Collects Marauders #21, X-Force #20, Hellions #12, Excalibur #21, X-Men #21.
- Duggan, Gerry (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 152 Pages - 07/12/2022 (Publication Date) - Marvel Universe (Publisher)
Reign of X, Volume 13
Collecting Planet-Size X-Men #1, X-Corp #2, New Mutants #19, Wolverine #13, S.W.O.R.D. #6.
- Duggan, Gerry (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 160 Pages - 08/23/2022 (Publication Date) - Marvel Universe (Publisher)
Reign of X, Volume 14
Collecting X-Factor #10, Way of X #3, Children of the Atom #6, Marauders #22, X-Men #1.
- Williams, Leah (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 160 Pages - 09/27/2022 (Publication Date) - Marvel Universe (Publisher)
Reign of X Issue by Issue Reading Order
Without the omnibus, the issue by issue guide doesn’t seem so bad since the cost of getting all the trades is quite high considering they are 5-6 issues long and around £10 each.
79 issues in total so a decent sized story.
- Excalibur #16
- X-Factor #5
- X-Men #16
- Cable #7
- Cable #8
- Hellions #7
- Hellions #8
- Hellions #9
- Hellions #10
- Hellions #11
- X-Force #15
- X-Force #16
- Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #1
- Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #2
- Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #3
- Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #4
- Wolverine #8
- Wolverine #9
- Wolverine #10
- X-Force #17
- X-Force #18
- X-Force #19
- Wolverine #11
- Wolverine #12
- Marauders #16
- Marauders #17
- Excalibur #17
- Excalibur #18
- Excalibur #19
- Excalibur #20
- X-Factor #6
- X-Factor #7
- X-Factor #8
- New Mutants #14
- New Mutants #15
- New Mutants #16
- New Mutants #17
- Cable #9
- Cable #10
- Cable #11
- Cable #12
- X-Men #17
- Marauders #18
- Marauders #19
- S.W.O.R.D. #5
- Children of the Atom #1
- Children of the Atom #2
- Children of the Atom #3
- X-Corp #1
- X-Men #18
- X-Men #19
- X-Men #20
- New Mutants #18
- Children of the Atom #4
- Children of the Atom #5
- X-Factor #9
- Way of X #1
- Way of X #2
- Marauders #20
- Marauders #21
- X-Force #20
- Hellions #12
- X-Corp #2
- X-Men #21
- Excalibur #21
- Planet-Size X-Men #1
- Wolverine #13
- New Mutants #19
- Children of the Atom #6
- S.W.O.R.D. #6
- Guardians of the Galaxy #15
- Way of X #3
- X-Factor #10
- New Mutants #20
- New Mutants #21
- New Mutants #22
- New Mutants #23
- Marauders #22
- X-Men #1